James Beard Award winning chef, cookbook author and "Top Chef: All-Stars" winner Melissa King has a fantastic new memoir out called "The Girl Who Became King."
Melissa tells host Rachel Belle:
- About her childhood obsession with Martin Yan and "Yan Can Cook."
- How being a contestant on "Top Chef" was like going to therapy.
- The story behind her "Top Chef" winning dish, Hong Kong milk tea tiramisu.
Melissa is a fan of the traditional Chinese dish stinky tofu, a flavor and aroma that many Americans aren’t accustomed to. Rachel chats with a southern California restaurant owner who is fighting to keep stinky tofu on his menu after facing multiple fines from the city. Sign the stinky tofu petition!
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